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Export performance and potential with regional partners: The case of a landlocked LDC, Nepal

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  • Ramesh Chandra Paudel
  • Swarnim Wagle

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This paper assesses export performance and potentials for increased bilateral trade with regional partners of Nepal, a least-developed country (LDC) in South Asia. Following an overview of the country's export performance, and the distinct policy and logistical challenges it faces as a landlocked country, an econometric analysis of the determinants of bilateral exports is undertaken using the gravity modelling framework. The results suggest that the 'structural' factors such supply-side constraints, distance to markets, and cultural proximity as geographical and cultural proximity have mattered more than trade and other policy barriers imposed by destination markets. The paper also identifies partners to which Nepal appears to be "under-exporting," and concludes that there is much room for the country to integrate further with regional markets if it were to overcome its supply side constraints.

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  • Ramesh Chandra Paudel & Swarnim Wagle, 2017. "Export performance and potential with regional partners: The case of a landlocked LDC, Nepal," Departmental Working Papers 2017-06, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Nepal; export performance; gravity model; landlocked countries; regional integration;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General

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